Guitar Tuning Tips For Beginners

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Tuning a guitar can be a little tricky for the beginner guitar player. It takes a lot of practice and it really comes down to just getting to the point where you know what sounds in tune and what does not. When I first picked up a guitar there were many times where I thought the guitar was in-tune but in reality it was no where near. You need to first have a reference point so that you know for sure your guitar is in tune and then make your own attempt at it. If you fail just use an electric tuner to get the job done but if you put a bit of effort into it every time you pick up a guitar your brain and ears will slowly learn.

There are a few tips though that you can use at your disposal in order to get better at training your ears to recognize a guitar that is in tune. The following points should help you ease your journey on learning how to tune your guitar.

  1. Always try to re-tune your guitar every time that you pick it up and practice. A guitar will go out of tune a little bit when it sits still for long periods of time, especially if you recently put new strings on. This will also let you get a better understanding on what the notes are supposed to sound like as well since you will be hearing them on a daily basis.
  2. When tuning your guitar in a noisy environment be sure to switch to an electric tuner. Grab a cable and plug it in if you are using an electric guitar because sometimes outside noise can interfere with the speakers so in must cases its better to do it directly. Some acoustic guitars can be plugged into a tuner while others can not.
  3. Stretch your strings before you restring your guitar as they are very likely to go out of tune after the first few play sessions if you don’t. Brand new strings like to stretch and expand.

Music And Prodogies

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If you like to play piano, you’re competing against three year olds that can play better than you. If you like to play flute, you’re competing against six year olds who are better than you. If you like to play violin, you’re competing against four year olds who can play better than you. If you like to play guitar however, you might be able to play better than a six year old. This is because as awesome as Fender guitar parts and other guitar parts are, and as awesome as guitars are, parents hate them.

The type of parent who would want their three year old playing guitar is the type of parent who plays guitar themselves and wants somebody to jam with. The type of parent who would want their three year old playing violin is the type of parent who is probably successful financially, understands the power of discipline and knows what they want out of life, which is a very, very smart prodigy kid. Guitar kids aren’t prodigies They’re hillbillies, playing parts of an acoustic guitar song while their hillbilly brothers sing along. The guitar is not ‘fancy’, it isn’t ‘elegant’, it isn’t ‘regal’, and it certainly isn’t the road that most parents pick for their children.

In fact, some really strict parents won’t even let their children pick an instrument to play that isn’t a violin or a viola or a cello or a piano because the guitar is too ‘crude’, too ‘wild’, too ‘worldly’. Whether this is true or not is a matter of opinion, but the types of parents who start their kids off early and don’t themselves play are people on violins and pianos The types of parents who start their kids on the guitar early are parents with little to no self discipline themselves.